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Meet the most expensive current age book?!

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harveyfan323

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Yes there is an Uncle Scrooge, Donald Duck, and WDC&S from that same month that are super rare too. I think they are from the late 70s or the 80s though. I think the Uncle Scrooge is the most valuable of the lot in NM. There may be a Chip and Dale from that month too.

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Bronty

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Donald 222, Mickey 208, WDCS 480. There are actually similar 3pack-only issues for every title by Whitman at that time. I.e. there would also be a Daisy and Donald, a Winnie the Pooh, etc etc

 

They are all the 8/12 1980 issues as I recall.

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FlyingDonut

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Doug Sulipa sold another one of these last year for $710 in VG. From his Overstreet Market Report:

 

"The scarce Whitman pre-pack issues are in high demand on all titles, with almost no supply. All Whitmans from 8-12/1980 are confirmed with poor distribution, and are scarce to rare. 8-12/1980 issues in VG copies bring $10 minimum with almost no resistance, and there is more demand than supply. The next toughest, at about 1/2 the scarcity, are the no-date, no date-copde issues from 1983-84, with VF copies bringing $15 minimum. The "Big 3" are now the "Big 4," as we add Little Lulu #260 to the list. I've seen only two copies on eBay in the past 12 months (G-$598.88 and VG=$710). Uncle Scrooge 179, Donald Duck #222 and WDC&S #480 all remain very scarce, but high prices of around double Guide have made copies surface. Several sealed 3-packs surfaced on eBay, two with Scrooge #179 ($1,000 and $1,500 ranges) and a Donald Duck #222 ($600). A VG Donald sold for $330.51 on EBay."

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FlyingDonut

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That is crazy money even for most modern Super-Hero comics let alone a torn-up Little Lu Lu. 893whatthe.gif I can't believe people actually bid on it.

 

That's the Holy Grail for Lulu collectors. NOBODY has one. The owner of the 930 Club in DC is a big Lulu guy - he'll pay silly money for a nice one.

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That is crazy money even for most modern Super-Hero comics let alone a torn-up Little Lu Lu. 893whatthe.gif I can't believe people actually bid on it.

 

Contrary to popular opinion, there are people who rabidly collect comics other than those that feature Men in Tights. Work a table at a decent sized show or behind the counter at a shop that sells back issues for a while and this will be illustrated perfectly. I did it for years and people still surprised me with what they were looking for.

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mrwoogieman

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These are always fun to hunt for at garage/tag sales and such, because virtually no one outside of the hobby has any idea as to value, after all these are from 1980, usually lost in a stack of worthless beat up moderns. I found a Little Lulu 259 at a sale earlier this summer, checked every other issue there looking for the 260, but no luck. Who needs a sharp VG/F condition Lulu 259?

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Fan4Fan

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That is crazy money even for most modern Super-Hero comics let alone a torn-up Little Lu Lu. 893whatthe.gif I can't believe people actually bid on it.

 

Contrary to popular opinion, there are people who rabidly collect comics other than those that feature Men in Tights.

 

Well, I think Pink Panther was the first series that I ever read with any frequency (having four brothers and a family history of bad teeth gets you to a dentist well-stocked in comics with alarming regularity... I think I also read some Metamorpho and Adam Strange there as well).

 

Which brings up the tangent of: Where are all of the Saturday morning cartoons?

 

I was intro'd to Pink Panther and SuperFriends there and both translated into an interest in reading the comics. I think the same was true for H R Puffnstuff and others.

 

While it is fine and good to tie movies to comics, I think the industry could do worse than tie themselves to more cartoons.

 

Thanks,

Fan4Fan

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MMMarvel-migration

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That is crazy money even for most modern Super-Hero comics let alone a torn-up Little Lu Lu. 893whatthe.gif I can't believe people actually bid on it.

 

That's the Holy Grail for Lulu collectors. NOBODY has one. The owner of the 930 Club in DC is a big Lulu guy - he'll pay silly money for a nice one.

 

I guess you never know who will collect what. I hear N. Korean dictator Kim Jung Il is a huge Daffy Duck fan and has all the comics and video cartoons. 27_laughing.gif

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MMMarvel-migration

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That is crazy money even for most modern Super-Hero comics let alone a torn-up Little Lu Lu. 893whatthe.gif I can't believe people actually bid on it.

 

Contrary to popular opinion, there are people who rabidly collect comics other than those that feature Men in Tights. Work a table at a decent sized show or behind the counter at a shop that sells back issues for a while and this will be illustrated perfectly. I did it for years and people still surprised me with what they were looking for.

 

To each their own. I just hope I can stumble on a few copies of this comic at a flea market or garage sell.

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Bronty

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Probably not going to happen unless you live in Canada. Apparently most of these 8/12 issues have been turning up here; speculation is that they were only distributed here. (see Sulipa's market report for more info)

 

If you live in the states, you probably have a better chance of finding a hulk 181 at a garage sale frown.gif

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greggy

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Probably not going to happen unless you live in Canada. Apparently most of these 8/12 issues have been turning up here; speculation is that they were only distributed here. (see Sulipa's market report for more info)

 

If you live in the states, you probably have a better chance of finding a hulk 181 at a garage sale frown.gif

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joe_collector

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Probably not going to happen unless you live in Canada. Apparently most of these 8/12 issues have been turning up here; speculation is that they were only distributed here. (see Sulipa's market report for more info)

 

Isn't Southern Ontario the main locale for those?

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The most interesting part is this:

 

Quote from article, Don Rosa wrote:

Last time I was in Finland , I was visiting a friend and telling about the U$

179 and how American collectors are so anxious to find copies. And this

friend said there were some old Whitmans stuck in a closet from childhood

and went to get them out. When I eyed the small stack, the U$ 179 wasn't

simply in the stack, it happened to be on the very top! (Sortuva well-read,

well-loved copy.) The issue was bought off the normal magazine racks in the

early 80's (when they apparently sold some English-language Disney comics in

Europe in those days). So, this demonstrated that these rare-in-America

issues are not rare outside of our borders. I won't say there are LOTS of

them in Europe, but the issues are no more rare than any others of the same

age.

 

I read this article about a year ago...and have kept my eyes open since...

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